Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom)
Dignitatis Humanae
Authority: Second Vatican Ecumenical Council
Official Summary & Scope
Declaration on religious freedom, affirming that the human person has a right to immunity from coercion in matters of faith based on human dignity.
Opening Proclamation (Incipit)
"Dignitatis Humanae teaches that truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth, defending freedom of conscience while affirming the duty to seek Catholic truth."